The 1980 UCI Road World Championships took place from 30-31 August 1980 in

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. Only two races took place because of the

Moscow Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. It was one of the toughest World Championship courses ever, featuring nearly 6000m of climbing over 20 laps of a 13 km course.

Results

Medal table

External links

Men's results

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Uci Road World Championships, 1980